I'm still an animal

Sorry for not posting very often. I have been trying to fix things around the house before filming starts. I guess I could do nothing but then my house will look like a hot mess on national television. Not a good look. So I made a list of things to do-

1. Touch up paint around the house. i.e. molding, stairs, etc. 

2. Sand and stain floors in 3 rooms. I know this is very ambitious. Say a prayer for me ;)

3. Put up wall paper in bathroom. 

4. Take everything from basement & garage and put in attic. 

Number three is probably the most fun. I've already started looking at some. 

Remember this one-

From House of Hackney

The only problem with that one is the cost. It's $$$ and I would have to get it imported from London. So that might take awhile. And I don't think I can be 100% certain with wallpaper that expensive. I change my outfits three times a day sometimes. So I don't feel comfortable it that big of a commitment. When I get wallpaper I like to get it under $100. I know that sounds like a lot but whatever. $300 a roll for wallpaper is a lot!! 

So that brings me to this one. 

It's still super fun and silly. And I think the kids will love it! 

It's from Anthropologie, here. 

Here are a couple more I really like but I don't think I'm bold enough to use them. 

here

Limes!! I love it! This would be so cute in a kitchen. 

And here.

Would you use any of these wallpapers?!?! 

Tell me your thoughts and ideas :)

XoXoXOxo

Stephanie

Foyer

My bird wallpaper I ordered from Anthropologie came... A while ago actually. I couldn't wait to put it up but almost a month later it was still in the box. And a month after I put the wallpaper up I still haven't posted the pics. I am a true slacker sometimes.
This is what the foyer looked like when we bought the house.

And this is what it looks like now!

I first took down the wood that was covering the original glass windows. Total 'Rehab Addict' style, 'why would they cover that up!?'. It made a huge difference just opening that up. Then I primed the walls and painted the molding. I really wanted to paint the trim black, like the bathroom, but Tyler said no. Party pooper. But he did come up with painting the vent cover a different color. I was down with that. He wanted to do it green. Ummm maybe not all green, so we settled for a green nob.

Then we go to install the new light fixture I bought and the wires are old and cloth covered.
I swear this house is the worst sometimes. Ugh.
My electricians :)

Sometimes I wish we would of bought a newly built house. Maybe a condo in Brooklyn. I could just pick up the phone and have someone fix everything for me. I wouldn't even need to take my trash out or cut the grass and collect leaves. Life would be easy.

I'm just glad it's done. Every time I used the front door I was like, ewww gross!
Now I smile and want to hug the wall!! I love it.
I can't forget my bird door knocker, I am the crazy bird lady ;)

I hope you like the before and after :)

XoXOxOXo
Stephanie

Put A Bird On It

I love brids. I always have. So when I knew I was going to buy a house I wanted bird wallpaper. Anywhere. I didn't even care.
So I originally picked this one out.

It's Schumacher, A Twitter-Winter

But I didn't need as much as they were selling. It was sold in rolls of 2 and for the area I am doing I only need one roll. Maybe not even that much.
So I found this one at Anthropologie .

I love love LOVE Anthropologie for house things. Everything is adorable.

I mean just look at that lamp! Love!

I totally want these candle holders.

Octopus coat hanger.

I think I miss the beach....

They didn't have the wallpaper in stock so I ordered it. We will see how it turns out. I'm super excited!!


XoXOxOXo
Stephanie

Home is Wherever I'm With You

Hello everyone!
This is the first entry of my new blog! Yaaayyyy! I've been wanting to do this for a whole year now. This is so exciting for me! (Please bare with me as I have no idea what I'm doing and I need to bug my husband to do my graphics :))

We bought our house almost one year ago. My husband works in Manhattan. We knew we had to be close to public transportation but it also had to have a great school system. So we found a great area but now we would have to get a "fixer-upper".

We bought the Money Pit house. No joke.

In less than a year we put on a new roof.
Completely renovated 2 out of 4 bathrooms.
Replaced half of the kitchen.
And ripped out a hot tub. But more on all that later.

I have been working on it non-stop. It's hard to get stuff done when you have two kids under the age of 5 running wild. Did I mention we have two boys?! So I could go without saying its complete chaos around here 24/7. We also have a boy dog, Sir Roderick Buttersworth aka Buddy :) Throw my husband in there and that's 4 guys in the house. I'm totally outnumbered!

This first post is going to be about the small powder room I just finished doing. It is small and old and we weren't going to completely gut it. We already had to completely gut two other bathrooms when we first moved in because of mold. So gutting another bathroom right now is not at the top of the list. Maybe a little more down the road.

This is how it turned out...

So between making lunches and diaper changes I try to renovate the house. This bathroom has been the most recent accomplishment (not counting the painted piano because its not finished yet). We took down the wallpaper that was already up- it was little yellow roses-awful! Scraped the wall clean and primed the walls. I also painted the ceiling because its easier to do before the new wallpaper is up and it just looks nice. I put up a new light too. My wonderful friend Andrea also helped me paint the doorframe to match the new dark window frame. The paint is called Beluga.

This is what the bathroom looked like before-

I knew we were going to keep the floor and wall tile. We also liked the old vintage sink. We got a new toilet when we moved in. The old one was attached to the wall ( crazy old toilets to which I have never ever seen in my life till now) and it left holes in the tile. I need to fix the holes or find the tile to match :-/
So I looked for a wallpaper that would kinda go with the 40's yellow tile and pinkish floor.
I fell in love with this vintage Peter Pan wallpaper.

But it was a little more than I wanted to spend on this bathroom.

So I found this on Anthropologie.

I look at wallpaper as art. Or if your house was a person the wallpaper would be your favorite outfit!
So this is my outfit for when I go to Europe ;)

I definitely find myself just hanging out in the bathroom starring at the wallpaper. Haha!
I hope you all like it.


Xoxoxo
Stephanie